WordPress Authorship Plugin: Custom About Author

Use this plugin to set up a nice author profile at the bottom of each post. The best part is it will link to your Google+, Facebook and Twitter profiles. If you are trying to get your website to display your Google+ picture in Google’s search results, this plugin will work. It uses the ‘rel=author’ tag to link your website to your Google+ profile.

Step 1: Login to WordPress

Type in your User name and password

Click “Log In”

Step 2: Go to plugins area

Hover mouse over “Plugins

Click “Add New”

Step 3: Search for Plugin

Type in “Custom About Author”

Click “Search Plugins”

Step 4: Install Plugin

Verify the plugin is an exact match of the search phrase. The plugin is created by “Little Handy Tips”

Click “Install Now”

Step 5: Activate Plugin

Click “Activate Plugin”

Step 6: Set up Plugin

Hover your mouse over “Users”

Click “Custom Authors”

Step 7: Customize Plugin

Choose where you want the plugin to display.

Click any of the options then click “Save Changes”

Step 8: Go To Author Profile

Hover your mouse over “Users”

Click “Your Profile”

Step 9: Add Google+ or Website URL

In this field you will want to enter the URL for where the author’s profile page is. This field will include a “rel=author” tag into the link. Add a link to your Google+ profile here to link articles by you or an author to their Google+

Step 10: Enter Author Information

Enter biographical information here

Step 11: Social Networks

Use this section to link icons at the bottom of the author profile to your social networks

(Not Pictured) Click “Update Profile” at the bottom of the page

Step 12: You’re Done

View one of the posts or pages that you have authored and see your author profile at the bottom of the page.

David writes for a couple different websites that work with hosting and consumer reviews. He brings real-world application to harder to understand concepts in order to help people learn about specific subject matter. He also knows HTML, CSS and PHP to help out with building and configuring sites.

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